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Coeffure en cheveux fleurs et perles de l'invention de Mr. Plaisir. Robe à corsage et mancherons en corbeille.

Unknown1822

The Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom

Hand-coloured fashion engraving. A white ball gown with basket-woven strips of fabric forming the bodice and sleeves, the hem and elaborate hairstyle trimmed with blue flowers. Handwritten annotation down the side in English reading "The Dress of Tulle the trimmings of the Same. the Bodice formed of Bands of Sattin which may be white Sattin edged with Blue"

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  • Title: Coeffure en cheveux fleurs et perles de l'invention de Mr. Plaisir. Robe à corsage et mancherons en corbeille.
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1822
  • Location: Paris
  • Provenance: Given by the House of Worth
  • Medium: hand-coloured engraving
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